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Booktopia Reviews Summary

Booktopia has a rating of 2.1 stars from 93 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Booktopia most frequently mention customer service, live chat and business days. Booktopia ranks 186th among Books sites.

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returns
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quality
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Australia
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Can't actually believe how terrible this company is. Ordered books on basis they were available. They weren't. Now almost four weeks later I have heard nothing from them, yet have already been paying for the order via afterpay. I also can't get through on their line which for over a week has been met with "due to an extremely high number of callers..." blah blah blah.
Terrible service. I will never, ever use them again.

Date of experience: February 26, 2019
Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The purchase and communication processes in place are excellent. I was soon notified that there would be a delay of a day or two due to the item not being available in the warehouse. This ended up not being the case and I received the item within two days in perfect condition. Would definitely buy from Booktopia again.

Date of experience: February 24, 2019
New York
4 reviews
11 helpful votes
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I hope my comment will be useful. I was very angry with the staff. Also they have delivery like a snail.

Date of experience: February 22, 2019
Australia
1 review
6 helpful votes
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False Advertising
February 19, 2019

Books listed as ready for shipment in 1-2 days. A week later, they're still not dispatched. Almost impossible to phone as it takes almost an hour to get through. Online chat readily available but they just lie. One will say the orders escalated, next person says it's "stuck" in the warehouse, next person says it's being sent express. Next person says they can't give a dispatch date. I think we have a case for the ACCC.

Date of experience: February 19, 2019
Australia
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Order books for next semester. 3-4 day supposed posting after a week nothing. They said 1 book was in and waiting on the other. Could NOT contact then by phone but on live chat they contradicted the information I had received and said they had no idea as to when 1 book would be in "probably" 2 weeks". I cancelled order and have asked for refund that has not been received as yet.

Date of experience: February 15, 2019
Australia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Don't Waste your time. Ordered a book which was meant to be in stock.
Over 6 business days & nothing happened. Asked twice about the order & was told 2-3 more days each time. Ended up having to get a refund & go somewhere else.

Date of experience: February 10, 2019
Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Received book as advised and recieved it a couple of days after order ordered.
Would recommend booktopia to any one.

Date of experience: February 7, 2019
New Zealand
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Once again, was able to order a DVD that was not stocked locally for a great price and delivered on time

Date of experience: February 6, 2019
Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Absolutely Perfect
February 6, 2019

My order was posted in under 24 hours and delivered early the following morning in perfect condition. No-one does better than that!

Date of experience: February 5, 2019
Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great service. I was notified along the way of my order status and the actual day of delivery. The books arrived in good condition, and my kids were extremely happy.

Date of experience: February 5, 2019
Australia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Unreliable
January 25, 2019

Ordered a book 2 weeks ago. Said it was in stock and should be delivered within a few business days. Two weeks later and still nothing. Have sent two messages and they are not responding. The live chat had also popped up in two instances, when clicking on it, it informed me it was not available. Will never order through this company again.

Date of experience: January 25, 2019
Australia
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Fraudulent
January 16, 2019

Ordered apparently 'In Stock' items. The website states 2-3 business days for delivery. Next day I receive an email saying the title I ordered will be in their Warehouse in 15 days! Being sent from their supplier, just another company pretending to be Australian when really all of their stock is ordered from overseas AFTER you pay for your order. Misleading and Zero follow up replies to my enquiries. Truly hopeless, use anyone else is my advice..

Date of experience: January 16, 2019
Australia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Absolutely Brilliant
January 16, 2019

Once again great service. Quick delivery, items arrived in perfect condition. I highly recommend everyone to deal with Booktopia. A+

Date of experience: January 16, 2019
Australia
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Very happy customer!
December 29, 2018

I had not ordered from Booktopia before & ordered a couple of books for my son for Xmas. The ordering process was good & prices more than reasonable. The order was processed & shipped quite quickly. I recommend Booktopia!

Date of experience: December 27, 2018
Australia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I placed an order 23rd November. Both items showing on the site as in stock. Have not received the items in time for Christmas. Same experience as another on here that Booktopia are not answering emails. I just did a live chat and they were no help either.

Date of experience: December 23, 2018
Australia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered 2 x books from Booktopia on the 11th December 2018, the feed was advising the books were available (Instock) which they were not as they were waiting for the stock to arrive. The only email I received was 24 hours later after I had paid for the books advising they would not be in stock until the 18-20th December. I emailed Booktopia requesting a call back with an explanation and for them to post Express as they were Christmas presents - Nothing from the company. Major Lack of communication. I then received the email confirmation on the 22/12/2018 advising I would have them by the 03rd January 2019! Same thing happened with my order back in 2016 from Booktopia

Date of experience: December 21, 2018
Australia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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DAMAGED GOODS
December 20, 2018

Order arrived damaged. Contacted Booktopia and never got a response. This was a gift for someone so a big waste of time for me. Damaged appeared to be caused by careless packaging. Plenty of book suppliers out there so NEVER AGAIN!

Date of experience: December 20, 2018
Australia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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No refund
December 11, 2018

I ordered a book that they then said they were having trouble sourcing. The book has not arrived and they are not answering any of my requests for an update or refund.
They never seem to answer the phone either.

Date of experience: December 11, 2018
Australia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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EXTREMELY UNRELIABLE
December 9, 2018

Shipping commitments are meaningless and customer service is laissez-faire. Now have to chase my refund.
Will never purchase from this seller again.

Date of experience: December 9, 2018
Australia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Thought the title would be a bit obscure but Booktopia had 3 copies at best price and the books arrived within 2 days

Date of experience: November 21, 2018